Antibiotic prophylaxis and antibiotic resistance Order of Physicians Florence
The Florence Medical Association has published an important document on antibiotic prophylaxis in dentistry, with particular attention to patients with cardiomyopathy. The document emphasizes that the use of antibiotics must be carefully evaluated to avoid the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.
Recommendations for driving patients with ICDs - Italian Journal of Cardiology
Researchers Pietro Palmisano, Federico Guerra, Giovanni Bisignani, Giovanni Battista Forleo, Maurizio Landolina, Ezio Soldati, Giuseppe Stabile, Gabriele Zanotto, Massimo Zoni Berisso, Roberto De Ponti, Giuseppe Boriani, Renato Pietro Ricci Abstract In patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs ) (implantable cardioverter-defibrillators [ICDs] and pacemakers [PMs]), the potential risk of suddenly being [...]
Clinic and genetics of the non-compact left ventricle: confirmation of a continuum in cardiomyopathies
Researchers Massimo Baldi, Aurelio Sgalambro, Stefano Nistri, Francesca Girolami, Katia Baldini, Silvia Fantini, Camilla Grifoni, Luigi Rega, Iacopo Olivotto, Franco Cecchi Abstract Isolated left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a rare genetic form of cardiomyopathy (CM) characterized by prominent left ventricular wall trabeculation and intertrabecular recesses communicating with the ventric- ular [...]
Timing of invasive septal reduction therapies and outcome of patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Researchers Luna Cavigli, Carlo Fumagalli, Niccolò Maurizi, Alessandra Rossi, Anna Arretini, Mattia Targetti, Silvia Passantino, Francesca Girolami, Benedetta Tomberli, Katia Baldini, Alessia Tomberli, David Antoniucci, Magdi H. Yacoub, Niccolò Marchionni, Pier Luigi Stefano, Franco Cecchi, Iacopo Olivotto [pdf-embedder url="https://www.aicarm.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Timing-of-invasive-septal-reduction-therapies-and-outcome-of-pts-with-HOCM.pdf" title="Timing of invasive septal reduction therapies and outcome of pts with [...]
Transaortic Chordal Cutting
Researchers Paolo Ferrazzi, MD, Paolo Spirito, MD, Attilio Iacovoni, MD, Alice Calabrese, MD, Katrin Migliorati, PHD, Caterina Simon, MD, Samuele Pentiricci, MD, Daniele Poggio, MD, Massimiliano Grillo, MD, Pietro Amigoni, MD, Maria Iascone, PHD, Andrea Mortara, MD, Barry J. Maron, MD, Michele Senni, MD, Paolo Bruzzi, PHD, MD [pdf-embedder url="https://www.aicarm.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ferrazzi-JACC-chordal-cutting-Mayo-clinic-JACC-2015.pdf" [...]
Evaluation of outflow tract obstruction in light of new European guidelines on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Researchers Iacopo Olivotto, Alessandra Rossi, Pierluigi Stefàno Download pdf
Clinical relevance of genetic testing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
ResearchersFrancesca Girolami, Sara Bardi, Laura Berti, Franco Cecchi, Eleonora Servettini, Benedetta Tomberli, Francesca Torricelli, Iacopo OlivottoAbstractMore than 20 years have passed since the discovery of the first sarcomeric gene associated with the onset of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). During this period, the development of modern technologies for sequencing the human genome, together with [...]
Disease progression and systolic dysfunction in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Researchers Giulia Poggesi, Cecilia Ferrantini, Eleonora Servettini, Francesca Girolami, Franco Cecchi, Iacopo Olivotto Abstract Progressive heart failure associated with left ventricular remodeling and systo-diastolic dysfunction is one of the most severe complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Such condition, for the lack of a bet-ter term, is referred to as [...]